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The initiative to establish a library association was led by Mr. A. S. Bryant, the first Director of the Jamaica Library Service, as such a body was regarded as an 'essential part of library organisation in the island.' Accordingly in 1949, a year after the Jamaica Library Service was established, the Provisional Library Board approved the convening of a meeting of all persons working in libraries or having an interest in library development. The meeting was a success as 94 persons met at the St. Catherine Parish Library on July 14, 1949 and passed a resolution that the Jamaica Library Association be formed.
OUR MISSION
To provide leadership in the development, promotion and mobilization of personnel, institutions and resources in the information field in order to encourage learning and facilitate access to information.
AIMS & OBJECTIVES
The Jamaica Library Association was founded to:-
- Unite all persons engaged in or interested in library work in Jamaica and provide opportunities for their meeting together to discuss matters relating to libraries.
- Encourage co-operation between libraries and promote the active development and maintenance of libraries throughout Jamaica.
- Promote a high standard of education and training of library staff and work towards improving the status of librarians.
- Promote a wider knowledge of library work and to form an educated public opinion on libraries.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The affairs of the Association are managed by an Executive Committee of not more than fifteen(15) members. The officers of the Association comprise the President, the Immediate Past President, not more than two Vice-presidents, the Honorary Secretary and the Honorary Treasurer.
MEETINGS
The Association organizes (a) regular meetings, (b) professional meetings, (c) seminars and workshops and (d) conferences. The Association hosts an Annual General Meeting in January of each year. Regular meetings are held at least three times a year. Meetings of the Executive are held as often as is necessary for the transaction of business.
MEET THE 2024 EXECUTIVE
| Positions | Names |
Emails |
| President | Joseph A. Kerr | liajapresident@yahoo.com |
| 1st Vice President | Sasekea Harris |
--- |
|
2nd Vice President |
Kadiesha A. Grant | --- |
| Immediate Past President | Kerry-Ann Rodney-Wellington | --- |
| Honorary Secretary | Natoyna Garwood |
liajasecretary@gmail.com |
| Honorary Treasurer | Kadiesha A. Grant | liajatreasurer@gmail.com |
| DLIS/Library Educational Institutions Representative | --- | --- |
| Chair, Retired Members Special Interest Group | --- | --- |
| Chair, Academic Libraries Section | Nicholeen Saunders-Grant | --- |
| Chair, Records and Archives Management Section | Tricia Lawrence-Powell |
liaja.ram.jm@gmail.com |
| Chair, Schools Section | Ruth Baker-Gardner | --- |
| Chair, Special Libraries Section |
Leleka Johnson | liaja.special.libraries@gmail.com |
| Chair, Fundraising Working Party | Teisha Palmer |
liajafundraising@gmail.com |
| Chair, Education & Training Working Party | Ana Peralta-Almira | liajaetwp@gmail.com |
| Chair, Information Technology Working Party | Natalee Knight |
liajaitjm@gmail.com |
| Chair, Membership & Conditions of Service Working Party | Monique Forgie-Scott | liajamembership@gmail.com |
| Chair, Public Relations Working Party | Jodi-Ann Sadler | liajaprjm@gmail.com |
| Chair, Research and Publication Working Party | Sasekea Harris | liajaresearchpublications@gmail.com |
| JARD Representative | --- | --- |
| JLS Representative | Marsha Jack | --- |
| NLJ Representative | Desaray Pivott-Nolan | --- |
| Chair, Functions Sub-section | Kaye-Ann Robinson | liajafunctions@gmail.com |
| Chair, Advocacy Sub-section | Adele Merritt Bernard |
liaja.advocacy@gmail.com |
| Chairs, Awards Sub-section | --- | --- |
| Chair, Building and Property Development Sub-committee | David Drysdale | --- |
| Chair, 75th Anniversary Secretariat | Natoyna Garwood | --- |
PAST PRESIDENTS & SECRETARIES
|
Year |
Past President |
Year |
Past Secretary |
|
1950 |
A.S. Bryant |
1950-53 |
K.E. Ingram |
|
1951 |
Harold Holdsworth |
1954-55 |
Beryl Fletcher |
|
1952 |
H. Haughton |
1956 |
Hazel Gray (Bennett) |
|
1953 |
J.W. O’Reagan |
1957 |
Daphne Douglas |
|
1954 |
William P. Chape |
1958 |
Rosalind Davis (McLauglin) |
|
1955 |
C. Bernard Lewis |
1959-61 |
Leila Thomas |
|
1956 |
K.E. Ingram |
1962 |
Ouida Benjamin (Rowe) |
|
1957 |
Edgerton Richardson |
1963 |
Daphne Douglas (resigned) |
|
1958 |
W. Adolphe Roberts |
Sybil Jones (Iton) |
|
|
1959 |
Mary Brelmer |
Gloria Salmon |
|
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1960 |
William Gocking |
1964 |
Sheila Bacchus – Lampart (Jan-July) |
|
1961 |
John Carberry |
Rema Falconer (Sept-Jan) |
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1962 |
Hazel Bennett |
1965 |
Gwen Pottinger |
|
1963 |
Leslie Robinson |
1966 |
C. Pippa Fray |
|
1964 |
Joyce Robinson |
1967-68 |
Rose Wright |
|
1965 |
Gloria Cumper |
1969-71 |
Fay Durrant |
|
1966 |
William Gocking |
1972-73 |
Albertina Jefferson |
|
1967 |
Graham Binns |
1974-75 |
Laura-Ann Munroe |
|
1968 |
Hazel Bennett |
1976 |
Yvonne Graydon |
|
1969 |
Vic Reid |
1977-78 |
Audrey Chambers |
|
1970 |
Leila Thomas |
1979 |
Mabel Marsh |
|
1971 |
C.L. Stuart |
1980 |
Ruby Tyson |
|
1972 |
K.E. Ingram |
1981-82 |
Hermine Salmon |
|
1973 |
R.L.C. Aarons (Resigned) |
1983-84 |
Arlene Ononaiwu |
|
|
Joyce Robinson |
1985 |
Gloria Salmon |
|
1974 |
Amy Robertson |
1986-87 |
Valda Adeyiga |
|
1975 |
Stephaney Ferguson |
1988-89 |
Gloria Greene |
|
1976 |
Leila Thomas |
1990 |
Yolanda Mittoo (Jan-Mar) |
|
1977 |
Daphne Douglas |
June Vernon (Apr- Jun) |
|
|
1978 |
Albertina Jefferson |
1991 |
Rita Whittaker |
|
1979 |
Barbara Chevannes |
1992-93 |
Maureen Kerr-Campbell |
|
1980 |
Mercedes Joseph |
1994 |
Patricia Cuff |
|
1981 |
Katie M. Mungo |
1995 |
Frances Salmon |
|
1982 |
Norma Kelly |
1996 |
June Vernon |
|
1983 |
Sheila Lampart |
1997 |
Dionne Holness-Smith (resigned) |
|
1984 |
Lilieth Morris |
Adele Merritt (Oct 97-Jan 98) |
|
|
1985 |
Sybil Iton |
1998 |
Adele Merritt |
|
1986-87 |
John Aarons |
1999 |
Rosemarie Runcie |
|
1988 |
Norma Amenu-Kpodo |
2000 |
Janet James |
|
1989 |
Albertina Jefferson |
2001 |
Kevin Samuda |
|
1990 |
Blossom Mullings |
2002 |
Marva Bradford |
|
1991 |
June Vernon |
2003 |
Yulande Lindsay |
|
1992 |
Sonia Reid |
2004 |
Yulande Lindsay |
|
1993 |
Merline Bardewell |
2005 |
Marva Bradford |
|
1994 |
Gloria Clarke |
2006 |
Daphne Daley |
|
1995 |
Paulette Kerr |
2007 |
Daphne Daley |
|
1996 |
Rita Whittaker |
2008 |
Christina Stewart-Fullerton |
|
1997 |
Richele Harvey |
2009 |
Natanya Gillard |
|
1998 |
Patricia Cuff |
2010 |
Marsha Nembhard |
|
1999 |
Cherrell Shelley-Robinson |
2011 |
Andrea Robins |
|
2000 |
Hermine Salmon |
2012 |
Kelene Moss |
|
2001 |
Winsome Hudson |
2013 |
Leleka Johnson |
|
2002 |
Eva Barnes |
2014 |
Marsha-Gay Robinson |
|
2003 |
Byron Palmer |
2015 |
Theresa Reid |
|
2004 |
Pamela Blake |
2016 |
Theresa Reid |
|
2005 |
Fay Durrant |
2017 |
Chantelle Richardson |
|
2006 |
Karen Barton |
2018 |
Monique Forgie-Scott |
|
2007 |
David Drysdale |
2019 |
Chantal Cousins |
|
2008 |
Marva Bradford |
2020 |
Simone Harrison |
|
2009 |
Mavis Belasse-Williams |
2021 |
Simone Harrison |
|
2010 |
Paulette Stewart |
2022 |
Natoyna Garwood |
|
2011 |
Pauline Nicholas |
2023 |
Natoyna Garwood |
|
2012 |
Claudette Thomas |
|
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2013 |
Matthew Blake |
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2014 |
Vivienne Kerr Williams |
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2015 |
Vivienne Kerr Williams |
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2016 |
Jollette Pinnock Russell |
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2017 |
Jollette Pinnock Russell |
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2018 |
Nicholas Graham |
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2019 |
Nicholas Graham |
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2020 |
Mark-Jeffery Deans |
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2021 |
Mark-Jeffery Deans |
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| 2022 | Kerry-Ann Rodney-Wellington | ||
| 2023 | Kerry-Ann Rodney-Wellington | ||
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